A dual mechanism controls nuclear localization in the atypical basic-helix-loop-helix protein PAR1 of Arabidopsis thaliana

Molecular Plant

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 669-677

  Galstyan, Anahit ^a,b   Bou Torrent, Jordi ^a   Roig Villanova, Irma ^a,c   Martínez García, Jaime F ^a,d  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL GENOMICS CRAG   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; basic helix loop helix; dimerization ability; nuclear localization signal; shade avoidance syndrome; transcriptional cofactors

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84861374520     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss006     Document Type: Article

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